{"id":44034,"date":"2015-05-21T01:23:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T08:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=44034"},"modified":"2015-05-21T01:23:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T08:23:49","slug":"a-despicable-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/05\/21\/a-despicable-event\/","title":{"rendered":"A despicable event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durand Appuhamy\u00a0Negombo\u00a0Courtesy: The Island (May 21, 2015)<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

On the 18th\/19th of May 2009 what were our security forces observing on the shores of Nandikadal lagoon? No, they were not observing a “day of remembrance”, they were celebrating a Day of Victory over unmitigated tyranny of a maniac killer of Tamils and other Sri Lankans. Those valiant security forces endured all sorts of very dangerous obstacles including neck-deep floods infested with floating poisonous snakes and gut wrenching bombs to clear the land of all terrorists. They forded deep trenches, mounted artificial earth bunds full of devilish explosion devices in almost empty stomachs to decimate the Tamil terrorists and restore normality to the country. The present government denied our forces their legitimate right to celebrate this victory as they did on that fateful day in May 2009. The government emasculated their hard-won victory by calling it “a day of remembrance”. It was a grossly ungrateful act.<\/p>\n

It was also a disgraceful act, because the government had capitulated to a cabal of pro LTTE persons who agitated for this down-grading of a momentous victory in the current world scene. Who could be those traitors in influential positions today? They were all appeasers of the LTTE in their previous avatar. They signed peace deals with the LTTE, they concocted Ptoms to share the power with the LTTE, they launched “tavalamas” to appease the LTTE, they obligingly saluted the LTTE as the sole representatives of the Tamils. All these people are a tiny minority of the population. But they are articulate and in influential positions and are now in charge of secret project to dismember the country as we know it today. No matter the strong words of the current President to safeguard the unitary character of the country, these saboteurs have already begun their treacherous work by ignoring (or perhaps encouraging?) the slanders of the country coming from the Northern Province and by talking of federalism from public forums. More than armed terrorism, these political parasites can easily eat into the very vital organs of our democratic institutions before we wake up to the danger posed by them. Hence this timely warning!<\/p>\n

It was also a despicable act to designate the Victory Day as a mere remembrance day. In Europe they celebrate World War Victory Days with various Royal participations. A couple of weeks ago Russia celebrated on a grand scale the 70th year of Victory over the Nazis with the German Chancellor in attendance. The celebrants were all even treated to a dram of choice Vodka. So is it not despicable of our government that we and our security forces alone be deprived of calling it a Victory Day and celebrating it with the same gusto as our soldiers did on the 18th\/19th of May 2009?<\/p>\n

Yes a remembrance day can be had for all those who perished in the war on another day in another month. The 18th\/19th of May are sacred days. It was then our brave men\/women freed the country of terrorism. It deserves a unique undiluted celebration of its own. Why are we afraid of this truth and the fact?<\/p>\n

Durand Appuhamy<\/p>\n

Negombo<\/p>\n

Courtesy: The Island (May 21, 2015)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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